Chapter 47 Elodie’s POV~ Sherry was beautiful, effortlessly so. The kind of girl whose perfume lingered in the air long after she passed, whose smile looked trained, practiced, but disarming all the same. She was wearing head-to-toe designer, a cream silk blouse tucked neatly into a pencil skirt, her heels
Chapter 46 Elodie’s POV~ I hugged her and kissed her, whispering, “Okay, don’t be angry p> But the second my lips brushed against Liora’s soft cheek, I felt her trembling. The kind of trembling that comes not from fear, but from hurt that’s been building up too long, like a
Chapter 45 ELODIE’S POV~ I quickly flipped through their chat history, my fingers trembling just enough to make the screen blur. Every morning, Liora messaged Sienna first. “Good morning, Auntie”, the messages stretched endlessly down the screen, filled with little hearts, pictures, voice notes, laughter. They’d talked every day… for
Chapter 44 ELODIE’S POV~ Liora was always a little wayward, headstrong like her father but she knew when not to push. Especially when it came to school. That morning, she lay sprawled on her bed, the sheets tangled around her legs, her small face half-hidden in her pillow. “I know,”
Chapter 43 Elodie’s POV York had always thought I was the perfect Luna, gentle, quiet, and endlessly patient with his brother. I could see it in his eyes every time he looked at me, that faint glimmer of admiration he never said out loud. To him, I was the woman
Chapter 42 Elodie’s POV~ As soon as Liora’s hair was dry, she announced she wanted to sleep. I didn’t believe her for a second. She was still clutching her phone like it was a secret she couldn’t part with. I leaned against the doorframe, watching her try to look innocent.
Chapter 41 ELODIE’S POV~ I didn’t plan on fighting for Liora’s custody. I’d already made my peace with that. She was Dante’s daughter as much as she was mine, and if he wanted to raise her under his pack’s roof, I wouldn’t stop him. Still… when she turned to me
Chapter 40 Elodie’s POV~ The elderly woman frowned. “Elodie p> “Mom’s here?” Liora’s voice broke through the quiet tension. She had just come down from the upper floor, her soft curls bouncing as she hurried forward. The sight of her, so bright, so innocent made my throat tighten. Two weeks.
Chapter 39 ELODIE’S POV~ I didn’t run into Dante at the company today. Honestly, I’d stopped keeping track of when I saw him and when I didn’t. It used to matter. I used to notice, I used to feel something when he walked past my floor without stopping, or when
Chapter 38 ELODIE’S POV~ My uncle’s voice dropped, his voice was heavy with that particular kind of shame men carry when they feel like they’ve failed. “You’ve given uncle money many times, but the company still p> He continued to repeat those words and yet didn’t finish the sentence. He
Chapter 37 Elodie’s POV I don’t even know why my hands trembled on the steering wheel that night. Maybe it was the traffic, maybe it was the storm in my chest that refused to die down. By the time I pulled into the family estate, the sky had already bruised
Chapter 36 Elodie’s POV~ Today, Dante looked the same as always, tall, impossibly composed, and devastatingly handsome. And yet, his presence still hurts me. His expression didn’t even flicker when his eyes brushed over me. If anything, it grew colder, like frost crawling over glass. Not a word. Not a
Chapter 35 Elodie’s POV~ After leaving the Pack-owned hotel, I took Cara home. She’d drunk too much last night, and I couldn’t bring myself to leave her alone. I stayed over, watching her sleep like some fragile thing that needed guarding. When she finally stirred, her lashes fluttering open, she
Chapter 34 Elodie’s POV~ That day, I forced myself not to think about Dante and Sienna. Pretending not to care had become a survival skill, though my chest still felt like it carried a weight I couldn’t set down. I stayed buried in work until almost nine, staring at spreadsheets
Chapter 33 Elodie’s POV I’d already signed my resignation papers. All I had to do now was wait for them to find a replacement, and then I’d be gone. Out of this company. Out of his world. Out of the life I thought was mine. Still, that didn’t stop the
Chapter 32 Dante’s POV~ It was nearly dawn by the time we reached the Northern Bellini Pack estate. Liora had fallen asleep in the car long before we pulled through the gates. Her little head rested against the leather seat, soft breaths fogging the glass beside her. I carried her
Chapter 31 Elodie’s POV~ I should never have come back. The Bellini University hall was buzzing with voices, old classmates laughing like the years hadn’t scattered us across different Packs and lives. But for me, it felt like walking through a ghost town where every shadow reminded me of who
Chapter 30 Elodie’s POV~ Half a month. That’s all it had been since I walked out of the villa for the last time. Half a month, and already the quietness was beginning to feel like my only friend. No shouting, no cold silences, no reminders of a life that had
Chapter 29 In the Southern Bellini Pack, mornings were supposed to be bright, busy, filled with chatter and the buzz of the city below. But for Liora, that morning felt heavy the moment she opened her eyes. Her first instinct, as always, was to call Aunt Sienna. She pressed the
Chapter 28 As one of Dante’s personal secretaries, Albert had seen countless resignations cross his desk over the years. Secretaries came and went, some tearful, some bitter, some relieved. But when Elodie slid that white envelope across the polished oak, something inside him tightened. Her hands didn’t shake, but her